City Council has first hearing on budget this afternoon

Mayor Mike McGinn has submitted to the City Council his 2012 budget, now City Council must decide what to keep and what to let go. The first hearing on the budget takes place today at 5:30 p.m., in City Council Chambers on the second floor at 600 Fourth Ave.
In McGinn?s budget is a recommendation from the Levy Oversight Committee to allocate $9.8 million to the Opportunity Fund to fund 17 major maintenance projects, the closest to Magnolia being the replacement of the plastic liner in the pool at the Queen Anne Aquatic Center and the replacement of the roof at the Ballard Community Center.
If you cannot attend, you can still submit questions and thoughts about the budget in an online comment form.
Budget documents are translated into Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Somali, Spanish, and Tagalog and are available online at http://seattle.gov/council/translated_docs.htm. If you are planning on attending one of our budget hearings and need interpretation assistance, please call 206-684-8888.